Hey everyone, Big things happening this weekend and I wanted to make sure you're all in the loop. The Medium Course Is Almost Ready I'm locking myself in the house this weekend to finish the content for the Medium course I've been working on. Here's what it's going to look like: - Weekly brainstorming and coaching sessions. Very loose format. 3 or 4 hours, however long it takes to make sure everyone gets their questions answered. This isn't going to be me talking at you for an hour. It's going to be real conversations about what's working, what's not, and how to fix it. - The course itself will cover everything. I'm not assuming you need help signing up for Medium. I'm assuming you know some of the platform but need help with the details. The stuff that actually makes the difference between writing into the void and making a few thousand dollars a month. - We'll talk about settings, strategies, content that works, content that doesn't. Why you don't need a niche. How to think about publications. All of it. I'm using Skool as the platform. Same setup as this group. Threads on the home page where you can ask questions anytime. Simple. Straightforward. No fancy bells and whistles you don't need. I've taken a million of these courses over the years. I know what I hate about them and what I love. So I'm building this the way I wish other courses were built. What Should I Call It? I was going to call it: "The Medium Secrets That 'THEY' Are Afraid to Tell You" But honestly, there are no secrets. We're just going to talk about the details. The things that matter. The stuff that actually moves the needle. So maybe that's not the right name. What do you think? Drop suggestions in the comments. Coffee Hour This Sunday - 9 AM Mountain Time I'll be giving more details about the course on Sunday at 9 AM Mountain Time during our weekly coffee hour. One hour of conversation. Questions. Updates. Whatever's on your mind. If you want to know more about the Medium course before it launches, this is where you'll hear it first.

Hi group! I want to start by saying that I will always keep the main group free. I didn't start this to make money off people looking for work with subscriptions. I just want this to be a place where we can all come and talk about freelancing, the job market, and job hunting. But, I have a group of 500 eager professionals, and I can't help but think that at least a few of you would like a more focused and inclusive group. I also see that many of you are interested in Medium, and I can't help but think I could have another stream of income if I monetized my Medium knowledge. Don't get me wrong, there will be a course coming for free for ALL OF YOU about Medium, but what I am thinking, is a more focused brain-trust, where we have weekly training and advice calls, more in-depth information about Medium, and a more focused environment. I would charge a monthly subscription, something anyone can afford, but the main group would always be here to ask basic questions, and talk about everything not related to Medium. Its tough to make a living and if I could even make another few hundred bucks a month, it would be worth it to me to teach all I know about Medium. So what do you think? If you are interested, please let me know> Also, if you ARE interested, help me decide what would be a good monthly subscription? Remember, this is going to be a very activity-heavy group, with a lot of information and focused on Medium. $4.99, $9.99, $12.99, $19.99?????? What would be worth it to potentially make a few extra thousand a month on Medium. I did, November and December I make between $2500 and $4500. It CAN happen. See the screenshot! What do you guys think? Something you would like?

Hey everyone, I know I've been quieter than usual the past few weeks. Life got intense fast. Quick recap of my holidays: My mom almost died. Blood clots in her lungs. We flew the whole family from the Philippines to Tucson on borrowed money and Medium payments. Spent a week crammed in my parents' small house. All six of us sleeping on the floor while my mom recovered. Made a last-minute decision to drive to Denver to introduce Flora and the kids to my other two sons. The truck's starter died halfway there. Had to bang on it with a wrench in the middle of the night to get it going. Drove 16 hours straight because I didn't want to risk stopping. It snowed in Denver. Flora had never seen snow before. Neither had Joey. Watching my tropical family experience snow for the first time made every stressful moment worth it. Drove back through Wolf Creek Pass. Flora kept saying "America is so beautiful." The kids want to move here now. Moved into our rental (a cute little cowboy bunkhouse) on December 29th. Got sick immediately after. Lower respiratory infection. Been on antibiotics since Saturday. I wrote the whole story here if you want the details: [Here is the link] Now what? Holidays are over. Time to get back to work. Here's what I'm focused on for January and beyond: 1. Client work comes first I've got contracts that pay the bills. Those get priority. Everything else fits around them. 2. Keep building on Medium. December was good. I want January to be better. That means writing consistently even when I don't feel like it. 3. Grow this community We're at 450+ members now. I want to make this place more valuable for everyone here. More discussions. More real talk. More helping each other figure this out. 4. LinkedIn and Threads I've been inconsistent. That changes now. Posting daily. Building visibility. Driving people back here.

I was going to start charging $9 a month once we hit a certain number. Lock in the free members, then monetize the growth. That was the plan. But here's the thing: we're all here for the same reason. We're broke. We're struggling. We're trying to rebuild while the system tells us we're too old, too expensive, too whatever. Charging you to be part of a community where we're all fighting the same fight feels wrong. So I'm not doing it. This group stays free. Period. Everyone who's here now has lifetime access. Everyone who joins later gets the same deal. No bait and switch. No "limited time offer" bullshit. Maybe down the road I'll add a premium tier with personal coaching or 1-on-1 calls for people who want that. But the core community? Always free. Now here's what I need from you: What would make this group actually worth your time? What would help you the most right now? - More structure? Weekly challenges? Frameworks? - Specific guides on freelancing, consulting, starting a business? - Job leads and opportunities we can share? - Resume reviews and interview prep? - Accountability groups? - Guest speakers who've been through this? - Something else I'm not thinking of? I built this place because I was tired of being invisible. Tired of watching people like us get rejected, ghosted, and told we don't matter. But this only works if it's actually useful. If it helps you get somewhere. So tell me: what do you need? Drop a comment. Be honest. Be specific. We're building this together. Let's make it something that actually moves the needle.

If you're here, you're probably over 40 and fighting the same fight I am. Sending out resumes that disappear into the void. Getting ghosted by recruiters. Watching younger people get hired for jobs you're overqualified for. Wondering if you're unemployable or if the entire system just broke while you weren't looking. You're not imagining it. The job market is brutal right now. Especially for us. I'm 57. I've been freelancing for over 20 years. I have a degree. I use AI tools every day. I'm faster and better at my work than I've ever been. And I still can't get hired. Not because I'm not good enough. Because companies don't want to invest in people like us anymore. We're too expensive. Too experienced. Too likely to know our worth and not accept garbage wages. This group exists because we're all dealing with the same thing. And most of us are doing it alone. Scrolling LinkedIn at 2am wondering what we're doing wrong. Applying to jobs we're overqualified for and still not getting callbacks. Trying to figure out how to rebuild a career in a market that decided we're disposable. You're not alone. That's why we're here. Drop a comment and introduce yourself. Where are you? What kind of work are you looking for? What's your biggest struggle right now? Let's actually talk about this. Let's help each other. Let's stop pretending this is normal and start figuring out how to survive it together. Welcome. I'm glad you're here.